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DRAKE |
Male bird |
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COCK |
Male bird |
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TREAD |
To copulate with; to feather; to cover; -- said of the
male bird. |
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BLOODBIRD |
An Australian honeysucker (Myzomela sanguineolata); --
so called from the bright red color of the male bird. |
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BOBOLINK |
An American singing bird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus). The
male is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also, ricebird,
reedbird, and Boblincoln. |
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SHAFT |
A humming bird (Thaumastura cora) having two of the tail
feathers next to the middle ones very long in the male; -- called also
cora humming bird. |
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WAYBUNG |
An Australian insessorial bird (Corcorax melanorhamphus)
noted for the curious actions of the male during the breeding season.
It is black with a white patch on each wing. |
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AMADAVAT |
...strelda
amandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olive
brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; -- called also red waxb... |
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PHAINOPEPLA |
...s),
native of Mexico and the Southern United States. The adult male is of a
uniform glossy blue-black; the female is brownish. Called also black... |
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BLUEBIRD |
... the
United States, and, in the north, one of the earliest to arrive in
spring. The male is blue, with the breast reddish. It is related to the
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THUNDERBIRD |
An Australian insectivorous singing bird (Pachycephala
gutturalis). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow,
and has a black cre... |
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KIRUMBO |
...nly
living type of a family allied to the rollers. It has a pair of loral
plumes. The male is glossy green above, with metallic reflections; the... |
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WHIDAH BIRD |
...onging
to the genus Vidua, native of Asia and Africa. In the breeding season
the male has very long, drooping tail feathers. Called also vida fi... |
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RUBYTHROAT |
...nging
to Trochilus, Calypte, Stellula, and allies, in which the male has on
the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic
refl... |
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OSTRICH |
...and short wings incapable of flight. The adult
male is about eight feet high. ... |
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REDWING |
...g coverts
are orange red. Called also redwinged thrush. (b) A North American
passerine bird (Agelarius ph/niceus) of the family Icteridae. The m... |
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WHEATEAR |
A small European singing bird (Saxicola /nanthe). The
male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black
stripe through eac... |
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LYRE BIRD |
Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the
genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail
feathers very long ... |